Title :
Arbitrary vector shaping of femtosecond pulses by a phase-locked mach-zehnder interferometer
Author :
Sato, Masaaki ; Suzuki, Takayuki ; Misawa, Kazuhiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Tokyo Univ. of Agricuture & Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We achieved in generating arbitrary polarization shaped pulses using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer stabilized actively for hours. Stabilization of the relative phase between two orthogonal polarization components was realized by active phase-locking.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; laser mode locking; laser stability; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; active phase-locking; arbitrary polarization-shaped pulse generation; arbitrary vector shaping; femtosecond pulses; orthogonal polarization component; phase-locked MZI; relative phase stabilization; Arm; Fluctuations; Interference; Monitoring; Optical polarization; Phase measurement; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods; Stability; Femtosecond pulse; Polarization shaping; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292312
